The Highland Council Agenda Item 4. Nairn and Badenoch and Strathspey Area Committee 18 March 2015 Report No NBS 02/15 Scottish
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The Highland Council Agenda 4. Item Nairn and Badenoch and Strathspey Area Committee Report NBS 18 March 2015 No 02/15 Scottish Fire and Rescue Area Committee Performance Report for 2014-15 Report by Local Senior Officer for Highland Summary This report and accompanying Nairn and Badenoch and Strathspey Performance Report details fire and rescue service performance against the key areas of planned activity identified during the Ward consultation sessions. Activity areas were identified through a range of Intervention, Prevention and Protection activities delivered in partnership to reduce risk to the communities in Nairn and Badenoch and Strathspey. 1. Nairn and Badenoch and Strathspey Performance Report 1.1 The attached area performance report for Nairn and Badenoch and Strathspey details the areas of activity and service delivery set against the main priority areas as identified by communities during the Ward consultation sessions of 2013. These areas are: Reducing accidental dwelling house fires and the resultant fatalities and casualties Reducing deliberate fires Reducing road traffic collisions Reducing the number of attendances to unwanted fire alarm signals (false alarms) 1.2 In achieving these priorities a number of activities have been identified which include; the delivery of free home fire safety visits (HFSV) and post domestic incident response aimed at reducing dwelling house fires, supporting the partnership delivered road safety programmes, Driving Ambition and the reduction of fire-related antisocial behaviour through targeted youth engagement activities and thematic action plans. 1.3 Through the Fire Safety Enforcement Staff the Service continues to carry out legislative fire safety audits, supporting a reduction in fires and fire related injuries in non-domestic premises. 1.4 With the introduction of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service unwanted fire alarm signals (UFAS) procedure on 1 December 2014 there is now a standard management model to reduce the number of UFAS across all areas of Scotland and effectively manage an appropriate response to repeat UFAS calls from known premises. Personnel throughout Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey are tasked with: Working more closely with all ‘duty holders’ post UFAS events to review, and where appropriate, improve management arrangements within premises. 1.5 Community and Firefighter safety remain at the forefront of service delivery activities in Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey and activity includes operational risk visits, multi-agency training and exercises, community resilience initiatives and management of resource availability. Additional information as requested at the last round of Area Committees has been included in the performance report: Workforce statistics including establishment and availability figures Highland wide performance Recommendation Committee Members are invited to comment and scrutinise the attached Area Performance Report. Group Manager Fraser Nixon 3rd March 2015 Attachment: Nairn and Badenoch and Strathspey Performance Report UA Ward Highland Caithness and Sutherland Area Committee Y axis Qtr graph Highland City of Inverness Area Committee Q1 10/11 Highland Lochaber Area Committee Q2 Highland Nairn and Badenoch and Strathspey Area CommitteeQ3 Highland Skye, Ross and Cromarty Area Committee Q4 Highland Q1 11/12 Q2 Q3 Q4 Nairn and Badenoch and Strathspey Q1 12/13 Area Committee Q2 Performance Report Q3 Q4 Q1 13/14 Q2 Highland Caithness and Sutherland Area Committee Q3 Highland City of Inverness Area Committee Q4 Highland Lochaber Area Committee Q1 14/15 Highland Nairn and Badenoch and Strathspey Area CommitteeQ2 Highland Skye, Ross and Cromarty Area Committee Q3 Fife Cowdenbeath Q4 Fife Fife Fife Fife Fife Fife Dumfries & Galloway Dumfries & Galloway Dumfries & Galloway Dumfries & Galloway Scottish Borders rd East Lothian Midlothian DISCLAIMER The figures included in this report are provisional and subject to change as a result of quality assurance and review. The statistics quoted are internal management information published in the interests of transparency and openness. The Scottish government publishes Official Statistics each year which allow for comparisons to be made over longer periods of time. 9/1/2015 not protectively marked 1 ID Key Performance Indicator (KPI) Pg 2bi All accidental dwelling fires 3 3bi All fatal accidental dwell. fire casualties 4 3bii Non-fatal accidental dwell. fire casualties (excl. precautionary checkups) 5 1a All deliberate fires 6 5a Special Service – RTCs 7 10d False Alarm – Equipment failure 8 Station Availability 9 Commentary The key performance indicators (KPIs) above have been extracted from the suite of KPIs contained within the Scottish Fire and Rescue Framework Document 2013. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0041/00416181.pdf The KPIs above also represent the main priority areas for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, identified by elected members and communities during the ward consultation sessions in 2013 as; Reducing accidental dwelling house fires and the resultant fatalities and casualties Reducing deliberate fires Reducing road traffic collisions Reducing the number of attendances to unwanted fire alarm signals (false alarms) 9/1/2015 not protectively marked 2 All accidental dwelling fires 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15 Month/Year 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2Highland2 Fiscal Yr April 1 1 5 0 1 12 25 May 2 0 3 1 3 12 June 0 0 0 0 2 12 20 July 2 1 0 4 0 12 August 4 1 1 1 3 9 September 3 1 1 0 1 12 15 October 1 2 2 0 0 11 November 0 2 0 1 2 11 10 December 1 1 1 0 0 11 January 1 2 1 1 #N/A #N/A February 2 1 4 0 #N/A #N/A 5 March 2 0 2 0 #N/A #N/A Fiscal Yr 19 12 20 8 12 101 0 Month/Year 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 Fiscal Yr 19 12 20 8 12 Qtr/Year 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2Highland2 Quarter 1 3 1 8 1 6 36 Quarter 2 9 3 2 5 4 33 Quarter 3 2 5 3 1 2 32 Quarter 4 5 3 7 1 #N/A #N/A 10 5 0 Commentary The tables above represent the number of accidental dwelling house fires that occurred within the Area Committee boundary. Tolerances are set in context of the number of previous incidents by reporting month and, where there has been an increase in overall incidents, the colour coding is identified with the application of the red, amber and green (RAG) system. Trend lines also identify the number of incidents over the reporting 5 year period, both by month and by reporting quarter. The Service works closely with partner agencies and communities to reduce the number of accidental dwelling house fires through the delivery of targeted home fire safety visits and the installation of free smoke detectors. Supporting the targeted delivery, partner agencies routinely share data identifying residents that would benefit from this free service, aiming to reduce the risk of fire and harm to householders and their property. 9/1/2015 not protectively marked 3 All fatal accidental dwell. fire casualties 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15 Month/Year 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2 2 Highland Fiscal Yr April 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 May 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 June 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.8 July 0 0 0 0 0 0 August 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 September 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 October 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 November 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 December 0 0 0 0 0 0 January 0 0 0 0 #N/A #N/A 0.3 February 0 0 0 0 #N/A #N/A 0.2 March 0 0 0 0 #N/A #N/A 0.1 Fiscal Yr 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Month/Year 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 Fiscal Yr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qtr/Year 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2Highland2 Quarter 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Quarter 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarter 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarter 4 0 0 0 0 #N/A #N/A 1 0.5 0 Commentary The attached tables identify the number of dwelling house fires that have resulted in fire related fatalities over the reporting 5 year period. The Service is committed to reducing this figure to eliminate all events and occurrences that result in a fatality. As identified, partnership working and data sharing supports this key aim and the delivery of targeted life safety advice and information. 9/01/2015 not protectively marked 4 Non-fatal accidental dwell. fire casualties (excl. precautionary checkups) 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15 Month/Year 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2Highland2 Fiscal Yr April 0 1 1 0 0 1 10 May 1 0 1 0 0 2 9 June 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 July 0 2 0 1 0 6 August 1 0 1 1 1 2 7 September 1 3 0 0 0 1 6 October 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 November 0 1 0 0 1 5 4 December 0 0 1 0 0 1 January 0 1 0 0 #N/A #N/A 3 February 0 1 2 0 #N/A #N/A 2 March 0 0 1 0 #N/A #N/A 1 Fiscal Yr 3 9 7 2 2 22 0 Month/Year 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 Fiscal Yr 3 9 7 2 2 3 6 3 2 1 Qtr/Year 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2Highland2 Quarter 1 1 1 2 0 0 6 Quarter 2 2 5 1 2 1 9 Quarter 3 0 1 1 0 1 7 Quarter 4 0 2 3 0 #N/A #N/A 6 4 2 0 Commentary The attached tables identify the number of dwelling house fires that have resulted in fire related casualties over the reporting 5 year period.